May 17, 1999

07:00-08:00

Registration and Refreshments

08:00-08:30

Welcome and Introduction

08:30-10:00

Keynote: Shifts in the Global Business Landscape:
Opportunities and Threats for 21st-Century Organizations
Andrea Saveri, Director,
Institute for the Future

10:00-10:30

Refreshment Break

10:30-12:00

Doing Business Internationally
Theodore L. Dale and Dr. Ernest Gundling,
Co-Managing Directors,
Meridian Resources Associates

12:00-13:00

Luncheon

13:00-14:30

Keynote: Business Case for Globalisation
Kevin Cavanaugh, VP, International Product Development,
Lotus Development Corporation

14:30-15:00

Refreshment Break

15:00-16:30

Global Leadership Theodore L. Dale and Dr. Ernest Gundling Meridian Resources Associates Global Teamwork Willie Jow, VP, Global Products and Asia Development Centre, Sybase, Inc.

16:30-17:00

Refreshment Break

17:00-18:30

Global Teamwork Willie Jow Sybase, Inc. Global Leadership Theodore L. Dale and Dr. Ernest Gundling Meridian Resources Associates

19:30-21:30

Reception and Dinner
Guest Speaker: Scott Meltzer, President, CI Group

May 18, 1999

07:30-08:30

Registration and Refreshments

Business Management Track   Technology Management Track

08:30-09:55

Asia Futures: Moving Towards a New Era Nat Yogachandra, Worldwide Marketing Director, Digital Products Business, Consumer Imaging, Eastman Kodak Company Designing Globalization into the Software Development Process Toby Phipps, Globalization Product Manager, PeopleSoft, Inc.

10:00-11:25

International Market Strategies Tim Fallen-Bailey, Director, Global Product Management, Sybase, Inc. Technology Issues: Mind Over Matter:  A Comparative Review of Machine Translation Versus the Technology-Aided Human Translation Process Alexander Pressman, President, Uniscape Inc.

11:25-11:40

Refreshment Break

11:40-12:40

Keynote: The Global eBusiness: Thriving in the Global Digital Economy
Larry Geisel, CTO and Executive VP,
Knowledge Universe

12:40-13:40

Luncheon

13:40-15:05

Globalisation Strategy Interactive Game Camillia Hsu, Director, Global Application Development, Asia Pacific, Oracle Corp. Globalisation Tools Sunil Prakash, CEO, OneRealm, Inc.

15:05-15:20

Refreshment Break

15:20-16:10

Keynote: Globalisation Realities
Lee Ting, VP and Managing Director of Geographic Operations,
Hewlett-Packard Company

16:10-16:30

Recap and Acknowledgements